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Habitat management for beneficial insects on Willamette Valley vegetable and berry farms

Creator:

Russell, Michael C.

Abstract:

Conservation biological control involves manipulating farm landscapes or management systems to enhance populations of beneficial predators of agricultural pests. Farmscaping is one aspect of conservation biological control where predators of important pests are identified, the availability on the farm landscape of resources and habitat components needed by the beneficials to...

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Dissertation

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scale is often associated with increased insect pest problems in agriculture (Altieri and Nichols 2004
Assessing landscape complexity using remotely sensed and field based measurements : does landscape complexity drive leafroller parasitism rates on Oregon caneberry farms?

Creator:

Winfield, Tammy L.

Abstract:

Landscape heterogeneity is thought to differ among farm management types (i.e. organic and conventional), and this difference is hypothesized to result in variations in pest control by natural enemies. However, it is unclear if these variations in pest control are driven by landscape structure or by farm management practices themselves....

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Masters Thesis

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. organic and conventional), and this difference is hypothesized to result in variations in pest control